Tie for railway-rails.



A. J. PLANTZ.

TIE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED 111x121, 1914.

1, 1 1 3,825 Patented Oct; 13, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

atented oct. '13, 1914.

' Application fi1edJfani1ary-21, 1914. Seria1No.-"813,48 4. v

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. PLAN'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State of WVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ties for Railway Rails, of which the following is a specifica tion. v

This invention is an improvement in me tallic ties for supporting railway railsand devices adapted to retain the rails thereon and to secure the retaining means upon both the ra1l and tle and the invention resides 1n the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is acentral vertical longitudinal sectional view constructed in accordance with the present invention, the rails being arranged upon the tie, Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of one of the ends of the tie, Fig. 3 is a transverse section on' the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 isa detail perspective View of one of the ends of the tie, and Fig. 5 the clamps.

The tie, as stated, is constructed of metal and is indicated by the numeral 1. The tie may, and preferably does, comprise a 1101- low member and has its opposite sides in clined from its horizontally'straight top to its bottom, as indicated by the numerals 2. The tie, adjacent the ends thereof is recessed to provide a horizontally straight wall 3, one of the ends of which being vertically straight, as indicated by the numeral, and the second end being undercut to provide a rail engaging lip 5. The lip 5 is adapted to engage with one of the base flangesof one of the rails R as well as with the portion of the web of the rail, as clearly shown in the drawing. The material forming the walls of said recess acts as a reinforcement for the sides of the tie. The horizontally straight face 3 provided by each of the recesses is formed with a pocket 6 which is adapted to snugly receive a lug 7 formed upon a rail clamp 8. Each of these rail clamps, above its lug, is of a thickness corresponding with the distance between the horizontal wall 3 and the top face of the tie 1, and the sides 9 of each oftheclamps are beveled to conform with the beveled or is a similar view of one of angular sides 2 of the tie 1. These. clamps 8 are each integrally formed at one of their ends with a rail engaging lip 10, the said lip engaging with the base flange andweb of the railv opposite that engaged by the lip The lug 7 is provided with a transverse opening 11, and the tie 2 has 5 of the tie 1.

an opening 12 which extends transversely thereof and intersects the longitudinal walls of each of the slots or openings 6, and pass- 111g through the said opening 12 as well as the opening 11 in the lug 7 is a retaining element infthe nature of a wedge-shaped bolt 13, thethreaded end of the shank of' the bolt being engaged by a nut 14, so that when the nut is tightened the wedge surface of "the bolt 13 forces the under surface of the lip 10 into tight contact with the rail base. The bolt 13 bears against the tie at four different places as indicated at 8 8 8 and 8 so that the strain that it is subjected to is distributed over its entire length.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled, in the art to which such inventionappertains without further detailed description.

It is to be understood that my tic may be arranged at spaced intervals upon a track between a number of the ordinary wooden ties and will prevent the spreading of the rails upon the said woodentie. Also, if desired, a block of wood or other compressible materialmay be arranged upon my tie and serve asa rest for the rails to absorb the "shock and jar incident to the wheels of the rolling stock passing there'over.

Having thus described the invention, what I 1 claim is :v

said tie having its sides inclined from its H 95 A metallic tie and a rai lengaging clamp,

the recess and its other end undercut to form In testimony whereof I aflix my signature at 11p',"thel' undersurface of the clamp havm'g 111 presence of two wltnesses. a depenchng apertured lug that snugly fits I 1 ANDREW J. PLANTZ. 1n the pocket 1n the me, and a Wedge member passing through the aperture in the lug Witnesses:

, and supported at intervals throughout its C. J. KONRAD, Jr.,

length by said tie. JOHN J. SHERMAN.

Copies of thispatent may be obtaihefl for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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